The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 16, 1910, Page 1

VOL. XXXII. Some people wed in April And some tie up in May Or June that is warm and gay. Still others wed in August And in October, too, But if the signs do not fail, The 4th of July for some will do. Miss Edith Dark of Rich Hill spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. Judge | Paddock. Lewis Dudley and Emanuel Nestle- rode, Jr., of Amoret, are painting the | Marvel bridge this week. Jasper Bowman, who has been down with the rheumatism for three | weeks, is just able to be out. W. J. Bard has moved into his new house. Last Sabbath was a great day. in Virginia. Two miles of road, com- mencing a half mile east of Parktown and en one mile west of Virginia, was nicely d Saturda: Sab- bath morning about 9 o'clock the people commenced to come to Vir- inia from every direction. When e hour came for the Children’s Da exercises to commence at the M. E. church the house could not hold more than two-thirds of the péople. The little folks acted their part well and) talked earnestly for Jesus. The larger ones sang with a spirit for Jesus and if the church voters will) vote for Jesus with the same spirit, election day next November will be | the greatest day ever known in Vir- ginia. Ed Bolling’s friends surprised him) Saturday night with an ice cream supper, it being his 28th birthday. Those present were L. L. Dickerson | and family, Baily Beckett and family, Charley Vermillion and family, Char- ley Heckadon and family and Henry Smith and his sister Minnie. Roe Burk and wife returned from | Lynn county, Kansas, last week, where they had been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Morton Jackson. | Seth Nightwine and W. J. Bard! were glad to see so many of the peo- ple out to Sunday School Sabbath. Miss Edith Smith, who has_ been | visiting her copsin, Mrs. Geo. Thomp- ) \their uncle, Perry Cowgill and fami- | son, returned Monday to her home at ‘Stockton, Kan. |. Mrs. Tucker and daughter of But- \ler attended Children’s Day at Vir- |ginia Sabbath, also Flecth Orear and son Arthur of Butler. | Edgar Smizer has received an ap- | pointmentas First Lieutenant of Co. B | of the 2nd Reg. of the National Guard of Missouri. Remember the Hayseed Band sup-| per at Mulberry June 27th. | Miss Sala Maddy of near Elkhart} been employed to teach the winter school in the Crook district. | Mrs, James Cuzick and daughter, | Mrs. Ben Parker, and Mrs. William- | son entertained a number of friends in the interest of the Virginia ceme- | | tery Thursday afternoon of last week. Ten dollars was raised for the pur- pose of keeping the cemetery trimmed up. All who were present report that they enjoyed the entertainment. Fred Drysdale of Amoret is spend- ing this week in Park town plowing) corn for his uncle, Young Aaron. | Ben Cumiford of Amsterdam was the guest of J. W. Smith Monday | night. Miss Lillia Towers of St. Louis, | who is visiting her parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Towers, who lives northwest of | Virginia, attended Children’s Day at the M. E. church Sabbath. Mrs. Joe T. Whinery and daughter Mary moved to Amoret Monday. The cold, wet weather gave most of the people the blues, which cauised | them to be glum. But when a candi- | date comes round he is all sunshine} and smiles and he is so good to you| | you commence to feel good your- self. W. A. McElroy visited in the coun- try with his children the latter part of last week. W. M. Hardinger was on the jury} in Butler last week. Fred Stroeber took fat hogs to But- | ler Monday. Earle and Robt. Osborne visited ly, near Altona the latter part of last week. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1910. The Culver Furniture company de-' pointment at the M. E. Church at livered furniture to J. C. Cresswhite Spruce Sunday. Friday. GOO falter Little and wife, of near Mr. Leonard lost another fine lamb ru, visited their mother and broth- | one night last week. Saturday and Sunday. | Albert Leonard sheared sheep for) Aunt Fannie Beaty is visiting her | McFarland & Sons, east of Butler, niece, Mrs. Dan Smith, of South But- | last Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- ler. | day. Uncle Philip Carroll and wife and | Mt. Carmel Sunday School dis-| W. H. Charters and family attended missed and attended the Children’s church at Butler Sunday. Day exercises at Virginia Sunday. Mrs. Hill, who spent the winféx at Columbia, is home for the summer, day night, June 25th. She came Saturday. Rev. Gather and wife spent Sun-| Mrs. Everett Drysdale was on the|day at Walnut Grove, where Rev. sick list Friday and Saturday. | Gather filled his regular appointment. Mr. and Mrs. Mosby, of northwest; Curl Ludwick is preparing to go to of Butler, visited Sunday at Mr. | Butler to carry the mail as substitute Stroeber’s. for Fred Williams, who was seriously YOUNG AARON. | hurt sometime ago. ms | Mr. Barrickman had six teams in West Deepwater. | his fields Monday, cultivating corn at Farmers have not been in their | $2.00 per day. fields to plow since the third of the, Several of the Spruce people at- month until the 13th. If a few sun-|tended the children’s exercises at shine oye goats, there will pes Pleasant Ridge church Sunday night. great change in the condition of the) Mr. and Mrs. Cal Furgeson spent ae ges be |Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. D. Day, David Dickey and I. E. | Young. Beard were. Butler’s business callers Miss Bessie Wigger, who was tak- meeyemy. ene _ lensick at Appleton City last week, Several of this neighborhood deliv- | came home Sunday evening. oe a at Butler Saturday at 9c per Ib. There will be an ice cream supper | at the M. E. Church at Spruce Satur- | A large crowd attended the leo ? : at Spruce Saturday night by Prof. | Uncle Zeph Smith, who has been | Morris and his daughter entertained quite poorly for sometime, is up and with her excellent singing. around again, se ., | Grandpa Rich has been very sick, A large crowd attended the chil- | and-Doctor Fletcher was called twice, dren's exercises—at Pleasant Ridge~but is better-at this writing. chureh last Sunday night. ” inter- Bert Radford and family spent Sun- esting program was rendered. day with O. J. Radford and family. Candidates are very numeroushere.| Mrs. Guy Barrickman took her The farmers are so busy. They |mother to Butler Monday, who will haven’t time to look at a candidate. | return to her home in Iowa. Wheat, oats and flax look fine and) Master Paul Winans has been very will soon be ready to harvest. sick with whooping cough, but is Misses Alta, Ora and Myrtle Beard | sie a better at present, bee will visit relatives of this community, |... Mrs. Sallie Beaman joined the Chris- while their parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. tian Church at Chapel Sunday, and F. Beard, will visit in Colorado. will be baptized at Mr. Newlon’s Be paar Tuesday by Bro. Mayfield. os W. C. Turpin is still improv- Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Kretzinger visit- ed Mrs. Eliza Beard Sunday. Rey. Hargiss filled his regular ap- FARMER JOHN. Our June White Sale IS A SALE OF = WE HAVE ADDED MANY SPECIAL BARGAINS to this sale and every day you visit this store you will see many Seasonable Goods to Your Liking and Needs There are many choice things for Hot Weather Bargains for Everybody We offer Special Bargains in the Following Departments Mens, Boys and Childrens Clothing oi Dry Goods Rugs, : and Ladies Ready-to-Wear Garments . Shoes, Carpets, @ Curtains | shine for the last few days. The Butler Weekly Tim East Lone Oak. The Rey. J. M. Hanson, of Butler, preached at Peru last Sunday morn- ing. sister, Mrs. T. J. Duncan, also of Butler. He used to live in this vicin- ity about thirty-two years ago. Rey. Stille will preach at Peru next Sunday night. C. M. Thomas and family and G. |W. Thomas and family spent Sunday at T. J. Booth’s. Mrs. Visa Gough and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Evilsizer. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McGinnis in- vited several of the little folks to their home in honor of their little | girl's birthday. Ice cream was serv-| ed in the afternoon. | Mrs. Alice Rogers, of Rich Hill, spent a few days with her father, Henry Gough, and other relatives and | friends of this neighborhood. Ernest Gough began painting their new house the first of the week. Mrs. Dollie Ghere visited her sis- ter, Mrs, Hattie Requa, last Sunday night. Several young people from this neighborhood or se the Children’s Day exercises at the Black school | house last Sunday night. The farmers are glad for the sun- | They | are very busy now re-planting and | plowing their corn, The Misses Gladys Rupard and Grace Isley, of Rith Hill, are visiting Myrtle Walker this week. Messrs. James, George and Arthur Requa, of Fort Scott, Kansas, were here the first of last week to attend the funeral of Austin Requa. Mr. Requa was a very old and highly re- specteéd citizen, and had been a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. Two sons and two daughters survive him. His death was unexpected as he was as well as usual until a few minutes before he died. The family will be very lonely without father, but their loss is his eternal gain. The Misses Ladine and Fay Harper are. visiting Will Harper and wife, formerly of this place, but now of Ottawa, Kan. They expect to stay about two weeks. Mrs. Alice Thomas Benedict and daughter, Vera, of Richards, Mo., {are visiting relatives and friends in this vicinity. I. W. Hart and family were trying their new automobile last Sunday. A little daughter came to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Slyter one day last week. R. A. Belt, who had been sick for about four months, died at his home last Sunday morning. The funeral was preached by Rev. Whitsett, of Butler, Monday morning, after which the remains were taken to Butler and shipped to Illinois for burial. De- ceased was about 57 years of age and leaves a wife, one son and three daughters to mourn their loss. He was a Christian man and member of the Presbyterian Church at this place. Mrs. Belt accompanied the remains, but will return home in a few days. Their friends and neighbors extend sympathy in this their sad bereave- meut. PUSSY WILLOW. SEED CORN.—Boone Co. white grown from pure bred seed; choice seed that will grow. Address, A. S. Millhorn, Butler, Mo. 12-tf West Star Items. The weather is fine again. We are sure that most every one is glad. Mrs. L. G. Thomas and family re- turned from Oklahoma, where she has been visiting the past month. She reports everything awfully dry in Oklahoma, but in Horace, Kansas, there were several good rains fell while she was there. Charley Laurance has a fine new barn going up mighty fast. James Marstellar has also complet- ed a new hay shed. Quite an accident happened to some of the workman last Saturday when working at the barn. Jack Frazee jum down on a scaffle where = a number of men were working. it broke, letting them all fall except Rome Daniels and Jack Frazee.. Charley was pretty badly hurt. Eulalia Daniels and May Daniels visited Willie Floyd Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Neff Blough were the guests of L. G. Thomas Sunday. Quite a number of young folks at- tended Children’s Day exercises at Butler Sunday night. The program was excellent. Laverne Silvers visited with Rome Daniels until four o’clock Sunday, they turned in different direc- Trene Shafer He was accompanied by his | bg > wel House NUMBER 34 Orchard Grove. C.C. Titus and family attended church at Orchard Grove Sunday. Miss Effie Rains returned home from Kansas City Tuesday. A house on Will Kisner’s farm was struck by lightning in the storm early Friday morning. The house was oc- cupied by Ed Adams and_ family. The bolt struck the flue and passed down through the room in’ which they were sleeping, knocking a load- ed gun froma rack across the bed. Fortunately it wasn’t discharged. There will be an ice cream supper at Orchard Grove Saturday night, the 18th, for the benefit of the Bap- tist church. Everybody _ invited. Bring your families and friends and help a worthy cause. We will make it pleasant for you. A. W. Beech and family and Mrs. I. F. Ellington and children visited ; With Milton Hall, of near Appleton City Sunday. Quite a crowd from this communi- ty attended ‘Children’s Exercises’’ at Pleasant Ridge Sunday night. Re- port a pleasant time. The click of the corn planter can still be heard. Farmers are glad to see the sunshine once more. It seems as though corn plowing, wheat oats and hay harvest will be on hand all at once again this summer. Ed Moore and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Jud Isley Sunday. i F. M. Woods, of Adrian, candidate for Recorder, was around seeing the voters, We notice that Pleasant Gap has-a candidate for presiding judge. Mr. Campbell is a hustler and a good man for the position, Ed Moore’s barn burned one night last week with a lot of corn, harness, spring wagon, chickens and other things. _ Uncle Joe Ellington is spending a few days with his son, J. P., of near Butler. Bob Adams says he is_ planting corn for Christmas roasting ears. Len Turpin and family spent Sun- day with Henry Winters and wife. FLAG. Merwin. Otto Lewis came down from Drexel Saturday to visit with home folks. Grandma Harris visited friends in Drexel last week. Grandma Wilkerson who has been | in Kansas City for several weeks re- turned home Friday. Mrs. J. V. Thornbrugh and daugh- | ter are visiting. old friends here this week. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Boyer and son Garland spent Sunday with Grandma Wilkerson. Will Chambers had a fine horse killed by lightning Friday night. Mr. Bean has his household goods loaded ready to ship to North Mo. Will Harris and family visited the Bagby home in the Burdett neighbor- hood Sunday. Rev. Guy preached at the Christian Church Sunday morning and evening. OPHELIA. Ballard. Work has begun in earnest on the concrete bridge over Soap Creek one- half mile east of Ballard. Mrs. Jake Kedigh and daughter visited relatives in Appleton City last week. Charles Warford and Miss Cora Price of Butler visited relatives in this vicinity and attended Children’s exercises at Fairview Sunday. The Chapel and Ballard ball teams payed on the local grounds Saturday. he game resulted ina victory for Ballard. Jess Coleman and wife of Johns- town visited at W. D. Keirsey’s Sun- day. Mrs, Bernie Sargent and children from near Montrose visited her par- — and Mrs. J. W. Christie last week, Cireuit Court. Peter Kegerreis vs Geo. Kegerreis et al, set aside deed, motion for new trial. O. D. Austin vs Chas. Burge, motion for new trial overruled. Farmers Elevator Supply & Mf; Co. vs Mo. Pac. Ry. on” : continued by agreement to next term. Wm. Porter vs W. W. Westover, labor, verdict for plaintiff $8.61. Deva May Hollo' vsFloyd Hol- loway, i deeds ordered and ackno' Attorney for plaintiff allowed aced, petition fed then tions. Miss Close School